Out of the Dark Volume I: Origins
- Written by Robert W. Chambers
- ISBN: 1-899562-41-9 (978-1-899562-41-1)
- Format: Hardcover, xii + 167pp
- Publish Date: February 13, 1998
- Original Price: C$51.00 / US$38.50 / £23.50
- Genre: Horror
- Publication Type: Collection
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Robert W. Chambers
Robert William Chambers (1865–1933) was one of America's most popular authors of his time. An early interest in art was eventually turned into a writing career, and his first book, In the Quarter, was based on Chambers's experiences in France as an art student. Its success was sufficient to encourage him to try a second book, The King in Yellow (1895), which turned out to be an instant success and set Chambers on a writing career which lasted forty years. The King in Yellow has been described as the most important work of American supernatural fiction between Poe and the moderns.
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Out of the Dark Volume I: Origins includes such classics as "The Yellow Sign" and "In the Court of the Dragon" from The King in Yellow, along with other early supernatural tales that demonstrate Chambers's mastery of the form. This 1998 limited edition hardcover of 500 copies, with a dust jacket illustrated by Richard Lam, makes Chambers's early supernatural fiction accessible to modern readers and collectors.
Edition Details
- Dust Jacket illustrated by Richard Lam.
- This is a full clothbound edition limited to 500 copies.
Contents:
- Preface; Introduction
- The Yellow Sign
- A Pleasant Evening
- Passeur
- In the Court of the Dragon
- The Maker of Moons
- The Mask
- The Demoiselle D'Ys
- The Key to Grief
- The Messenger
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External Links
- Robert W. Chambers. ISFDB entry for Robert W. Chambers
- Out of the Dark Volume I: Origins. ISFDB entry for Out of the Dark Volume I: Origins